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Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch CLI Software Configuration Guide
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Chapter 1 Configuring SNMP
Configuring SNMP
Assigning SNMPv3 Users to Multiple Roles
After you configure an SNMP user, you can assign multiple roles for the user.
Note Only users belonging to a network-admin role can assign roles to other users.
To assign a role to an SNMP user in a global configuration mode, perform this task:
Creating SNMP Communities
You can create SNMP communities for SNMPv1 or SNMPv2c.
Tocreate an SNMP community string in a global configuration mode, perform this task:
Configuring SNMP Notification Receivers
You can configure Cisco Nexus 5000 Series to generate SNMP notifications to multiple host receivers.
To configure a host receiver for SNMPv1 traps in a global configuration mode, perform this task:
To configure a host receiver for SNMPv2c traps or informs in a global configuration mode, perform this
task:
Command Purpose
switch(config)# snmp-server user name group
Associates this SNMP user with the configured
user role.
Command Purpose
switch(config)# snmp-server community name
group {ro | rw}
Creates an SNMP community string.
Command Purpose
switch(config)# snmp-server host
ip-address traps {version 1] community
[udp_port number]
Configures a host receiver for SNMPv1 traps. The
community can be any alphanumeric string up to
255 characters. The UDP port number range is
from 0 to 65535.
Command Purpose
switch(config)# snmp-server host
ip-address {traps | informs} version 2c
community [udp_port number]
Configures a host receiver for SNMPv2c traps or
informs. The community can be any alphanumeric
string up to 255 characters. The UDP port number
range is from 0 to 65535.